spraying candy on 1946 chevy pickup

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uncle bob

Hi guy's

First time to post. I have been reading the forum a long time.
I have sprayed b/c ,metallic b/c and test panel panels with candy.
I am spraying candy apple red on a 1946 chevy pickup.
I have 2 questions ,one best fan width / distance off panel for candy.
The only way i can figure to paint this truck is with finders, hood and bed off.
I have a lph 400 with silver and purple cap .
I been using silver for clear, candy and purple for metallic base.
any help or suggestion will be appreciated.

uncle bob
 
I would try to paint as much at one time as possible, getting equal amounts of candy on everything is the key. The more coats applied the better chance you'll have a consistent match. What brand are you using? The SPI intercoat with Kandy Koncentrate works well. Do some test panels at record how many coats need to be applied to reach the darkness level you're after. Use more overlap than normal and move the gun faster so you're putting the candy on evenly. Orientate the panels as they would be setting on the truck-hood should be level not hung verticle, fenders should be layed out the same as if they are bolted to the truck. Spray the cab with the doors hung if possible. There's always areas that people tend to miss when spraying their first candy job-the bottoms of rocker, the corners, edges-make sure to get even coverage on all surfaces. The first one I sprayed I didn't get enough coverage on the bottoms of the rockers-lighting was poor in that booth but it sure was obvious when I rolled the car outside. I've got a 41-46? cab tucked away for a future rat rod project but haven't been able to find doors.
 
Thanks Bob for replying.
I have been spraying candy test panels ,med coat's about 8'' away from panel with fan open.
Would a narrow fan say 6'' be better, maybe I could see over lap better.

thank's uncle bob
 
bob your good with the fan. its very easy to stripe a candy job. wide fan is better and 8" off the panel is good. few other tips..... do not mix the candy strong as far as color goes. you are better off doing 10 coats to reach your color than you are doing 5. another tip, dont go over silver. spray the candy red over a met red color a few shades lighter than your candy. you can really cut the color strength way down with the candy and reach your final color with say 3 coats of candy instead of 10. many times for a base i will take pure silver and mix concentrate into it to make the base color. doing this will make it much easier to get a blotch free and even candy job in the end. spraying test panels is great but doing a big panel is a total different ball game. absolutely no room for error.

here is some pics of a 57 chevy i did in candy red. for this one i mixed silver and concentrate together to make almost a light met red color then shot 4-5 coats of straight candy over that.

http://www.xtremekreations.com/xtreme-kreations-57-chevy/
 
Thanks Jim,

I'm going to paint more test panel,on fender and a hood.
I will try your tips .
you know old blind farts need all the help they can get.
thanks for help
uncle bob
 
Hey,Remember me...LOL.. Just popping in for a bit.
ALL good advice.
I'll just add some things. LIGHT,LIGHT,and MORE LIGHT. You can NOT have TOO much.
TRASH!!! CLEAN,CLEAN and CLEAN EVERYTHING. You "see",ANY trash blown into a kandy job WILL turn into a dark spot (or worse) and there is NO removing it without a LOT of work,if then.This means YOU as well as your equipment,booth,EVERYTHING.
THROW OUT the notion your spraying a HOK UK "actual" kandy base.Your spraying a basic base coat,meaning,give it FLASH TIME between COATS.You go spraying coat after coat of base/KK's,Intercoat/KK's,anything besides the real UK and it WILL be WRINKLE CITY. Yes,I've done a LOT of sanding.:sorrow:
 
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